Hoosier Hills Conference Explained

The Hoosier Hills Conference is a seven-member, IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference comprising large 4A and 5A (football)-sized schools in Bartholomew, Clark, Floyd, Jackson, Jennings, and Lawrence in South Central and Southeast Indiana. Madison departed the conference in 2021, thereby reducing its size to seven member schools.^[1]

Membership

School	Location	Mascot	Enrollment https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Boys%20Basketball%20Classifications%20for%202024-25%20and%202025-26.pdf 24-25	IHSAA Class https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Boys%20Basketball%20Classifications%20for%202024-25%20and%202025-26.pdf	IHSAA Class Football https://ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Boys%20Football%20Classifications%20for%202024-25%20and%202025-26.pdf	County	Year joined	Previous conference
Bedford N. Lawrence	Bedford	Stars	1,242	4A	4A	47 Lawrence	1974	none (new school)
Columbus East	Columbus	Olympians	1,518	4A	5A	03 Bartholomew	1972	none (new school)
Floyd Central		Highlanders	1,823	4A	5A	22 Floyd	1976	Mid-Southern
Jeffersonville	Jeffersonville	Red Devils	2,141	4A	6A	10 Clark	1979	South Central
Jennings County¹	North Vernon	Panthers	1,169	3A	4A	40 Jennings	1972	Eastern Indiana
New Albany	New Albany	Bulldogs	1,814	4A	5A	22 Floyd	1976	Southern Indiana
Seymour	Seymour	Owls	1,719	4A	5A	36 Jackson	1997	South Central

Played concurrently in HHC and EIAC 1972–73.

Former members

School	Location	Mascot	County	Year joined	Previous conference	Year left	Conference joined
Bedford¹	Bedford	Stonecutters	47 Lawrence	1972	Southern Indiana	1974	none (consolidated into Bedford-North Lawrence)
Bloomington North	Bloomington	Cougars	53 Monroe	1976	none (new school)	1983	South Central
Madison Consolidated		Cubs	53 Jefferson	1972	Independents (SE IN 1958)	2020^[2]	Independents

Played concurrently in HHC and SIAC 1972–73.

Conference championships

Football

	Team	Seasons
27	Columbus East	1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024
8	Jeffersonville	1982, 1987, 1988, 1990*, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997
7	Bedford-N.L.	1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1995, 2006, 2022
5	Floyd Central	1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2023
4	New Albany	1984*, 1985, 2002, 2021
4	Seymour	1999, 2000, 2001, 2022*
2	Madison	1973, 1989
1	Bedford	1973*
1	Bloomington North	1977
1	Jennings County	1974

Boys basketball

	Team	Seasons
18	New Albany	1978, 1980, 1982, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021
13	Bedford-N.L.	1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2011, 2023
12	Jeffersonville	1983, 1984, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
5	Columbus East	1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2003
5	Floyd Central	1986, 1989, 2018, 2019, 2022
4	Jennings County	1975, 1997, 1998, 2023
2	Madison	1973, 1998*
1	Seymour	2024
0	Bloomington North
0	Bedford

Girls basketball

	Team	Seasons
16	Jeffersonville	1981, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020*
10	Bedford-N.L.	1980, 1982, 1991, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
9	Columbus East	1979, 1980, 1982, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2021, 2022
3	Floyd Central	1980, 1982, 2010*
2	Jennings County	2001, 2002
2	Seymour	2007*, 2016
2	New Albany	1999, 2005*
0	Bloomington North
0	Madison

Boys Soccer

	Team	Seasons
16	Columbus East	1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020*, 2021, 2024
10	New Albany	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2022*
10	Floyd Central	1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2020, 2022*, 2023
7	Seymour	1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2009*, 2016, 2018
1	Jeffersonville	2011*
1	Jennings County	1997*
1	Madison	1995*
0	Bedford-N.L.

Boy Soccer information from 1990–present.
*indicates share of title

State champions

IHSAA State Champions

Columbus East Olympians (5)

1979 Football (3A)
1983 Girls Swimming
1990 Girls Gymnastics
2013 Football (4A)
2017 Football (5A)

Floyd Central Highlanders (7)

1989 Girls Cross Country
1990 Girls Cross Country
1991 Girls Cross Country
1991 Boys Cross Country
1992 Girls Cross Country
2006 Boys Golf
2007 Boys Golf

Jeffersonville Red Devils (4)

1975 Girls Track
1977 Girls Track
1993 Boys Basketball
2011 Girls Basketball (4A)

Madison Cubs (2)

1950 Boys Basketball
1999 Baseball (3A)

New Albany Bulldogs (5)

1967 Boys Tennis
1973 Boys Basketball
1987 Softball
1999 Girls Basketball (4A)
2016 Boys Basketball (4A)

Seymour Owls (3)

1988 Baseball
1990 Girls Golf
1991 Boys Golf

Notes and References

Web site: Madison leaving the HHC – WBIW. 2021-04-05. en-US.
Web site: Madison leaving the HHC – WBIW. 2021-04-05. en-US.